Beverage bottle case



Jan. 14, 1947. R. M. SCHARFF BEVERAGE BOTTLE CASE Filed Oct. 9, 1944 mvzuron. RICHARD M. SCHARFF FIGJ.

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Patented Jan. 14, 1947 2,414,171

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,414,171 BEVERAGE BOTTLE CASE Richard M; Scharif, Clayton, Mo., assignor to Gerber Plastic Company, St. Louis, Mo., a corporation of Missouri Application October 9, 1944, Serial No. 557,758

1 Claim. (Cl. 220-21) 2 This invention relates in general to certain new tlonf' as at a, and likewise integrally connected and useful improvements in beverage bottle cases. along the bottom margins to the upper face of The present invention has for its pr y the bottom wall 3 in the formation of a plurality ject the provision of a unlquely designed unita y of bottle receiving compartments or pockets p beverage bottle case or container molded as an 5 the region of each partition-intersection integral or unitary structure from suitable plastic a, the bottom wall 3 is provided with a circular material. aperture 6, which extends up through the bot- It s a f h r bject of the present invention tom wall 3 and the partitions 4, 5, are likewise to provide a beverage bottle case or container ut away or relieved, as at b, b, in t formawhich is extremely rugged and durable and is reltion of a four-way opening 1 between each of the hi h impa t str n h n s de igned as to probottom wall 3. In addition, an inverted recess 8 e due t accident m s a dli into the material forming each partition connec- It is another object of the present invention tion a during the molding process for saving t pr vi a un tary or one-p e beverage botmaterial and improving the curing characteristic case or container which is substantially wat of t molded ease or nta n r, terproof and will, therefore, not swell or rot or Eel-med upon th outer faces of th d wall otherwise deteriorate under conditions of actual z 2' midway between t corners of th case use. and adjacent the upper margin thereof, are out- Numerous other object advanta and inherwardly and downwardly curved handles 9, prefent functions of the present invention will behly each having a plurality of arcuate decome apparent as the same is more fully underpressions i0 upon its inner face for conformlng stood from the following descrlptlon whlch taken t th fingers of th person carry ng th cas A, Wlth the accompanying drawing, discloses a P and, at its midway, each handle is provided with e r d f of e present inventiona central web II which extends inwardly and n the drawings (One Sheet) becomes an integral continuation of the central Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a beverage bott longitudinal partitions 4. Preferably, though not case constructed in accordance with and emnecessarily, t end walls 2, 2' of the case A are bodyine the present invention: cut away below the handles 9 in the formation of 2 s a top plan view of the beverage b t side wall apertures l3 which, in conjunction with c se; the apertures 6 of the bottom wall 3, provide for 3 is a longitudinal Sectional View of the complete and free drainage of any water which beverage bottle case taken along lines 33 of may tend to accumulate in th b ttom of the F1g-2; and case A. Also formed integrally upon the outer Fig. 4 is an end elevati na m of the bevel" faces of the end walls 2, 2', adjacent the corners e bottle eese- 40 of the case A, are vertical ribs I 4 which project outwardly from the outer face of the end walls 2, 2', for a distance slightly greater than the distance of outward projection of the handles 9 go as to act as abutment members and protect t e iiivififitfi tifd t finfifiinfi i ititfi oi fiti 9 g g g broken or damaged when iece str ucture molded of plastic material. The 9 cases are 5 ac e Ease A unitarily comprises four rectangularly ar- Formgd upon uPper face the bottc'm ranged endwise connected side walls y and wall 3, concentric wlthln each of the pockets 1), end walls 2, 2', integrally connected along their sac cula u sta m bead l5 a apted to loo e y lower margins by a bottom wall 3 and above the n age the bottom of the bottles and S e y bottom wall 3 the container is provided with a t m w en n he a o c am rt may be plurality of longitudinal partitions 4 and transtated n s c nne t n that the bead l5 if verse vertical partitions 5,al1integrally connected r d, be Omit ed, and If empl y d Should be to each other at their several points of intersecprovided'with a plurality of radial channels, as

at It, to allow for drainage of any water which fications in the form, construction, arrangement,

may accumulate therein. and combination of the several parts of beverage The case or container A, designed as above debottle cases may be made and substituted for scribed, may be molded in a single unitary opthose herein shown and described without deeration from a suitable plastic mix containing 5 parting from the nature and principle of my inlong shredded fibrous material which results in vention.

a container having extremely high impact Having thus described my invention, what I strength. It will also be apparent that beverage claim and desire t secure by Letters Patent is: bottle containers, constructed in accordance with A one-piece molded plastic beverage bottle case the present invention, are extremely light-weight 10 comprising four rigid side walls integrally conand, therefore, can be much more easily handled nected at their ends and a rigid bottom wall inby delivery men and other persons connected with tegrally connected to the lower margins of the the handlin sale and distribution of carbonated side walls, a plurality of cell-forming partitions beverages. Beverage bottle cases, constructed in integrally connected it t id d bot-mu acc rda e W the Present inven i n, will drain 15 walls and integrally interconnected with each r e y 50 a there Will never be y Water other, said partitions being cut away in the regions in the cases- Finally, by reason of the? of interconnection therebetween in the provision use of molded materials, the beverage bottle case 7 of a fo r-wa drainage aperture, and an aperture is entirely Waterproof and will not Swen mt formed in and extending through the bottom wall deteriorate, as will the conventional wooden cases, 20 beneath and communicating withv each of said when continuously subjected to the damp, wet drainage apertures conditions ordinarily encountered in actual use. RICHARD M SCHARFR It should be understood that changes and modi- 

